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People often use time management tactics to counteract impulses such as the desire to avoid unpleasant tasks or the need to feel busy, Howard Jacobson writes. People who don't understand these impulses or who are willing to confront them will almost always fail at time management. "Trying to build new habits on top of dysfunctional old ones works about as well as putting a new car body on top of a rusty old engine," Jacobson writes.

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Human resources has turned into a "massive engine," responsible mostly for processing paperwork and handling compliance issues, writes Liz Ryan, a former HR executive. "We're taking the HR function, particularly in large organizations, down a deadly spiral that can only lead to one outcome: the commoditization and outsourcing of HR," Ryan writes.

People often use time-management tactics to counteract impulses such as a desire to avoid unpleasant tasks or a need to feel busy, Howard Jacobson writes. People who don't understand these impulses or who are unwilling to confront them will almost always fail at time management. "Trying to build new habits on top of dysfunctional old ones works about as well as putting a new car body on top of a rusty old engine," Jacobson writes.

Qualcomm is migrating its Vuforia augmented reality to more affordable smartphones by enhancing their ability to handle more complex 3D objects. Sony, Johnson & Johnson, Audi, Lowe's and "Sesame Street" are among the brands working with application developers on the Vuforia platform. "It's a way to support visual search, rather than typing something into a search engine," says Jay Wright, head of the program.

Your LinkedIn network should be no more than 400 contacts and should include a diverse range of professionals, Eli Amdur writes. "Your network should remain an unbroken chain. It should be current. If you haven't been in contact with people in a few years, are they really in your network?" he writes.

Federal government employees in the U.S. Department of State and the United Nations provide tips in this story for how they got such jobs and how others can do the same. For example, an intelligence analyst suggests starting with government websites such as USAJobs.gov to find postings.